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May 25, 2021
The Current State of Public Health Relations
Christopher Holt
AAF’s Director of Health Care Policy Christopher Holt discusses the recent fall in confidence in public health officials amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Multimedia
May 25, 2021
Christopher Holt
AAF’s Director of Health Care Policy Christopher Holt discusses the recent fall in confidence in public health officials amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The American Action Forum is a 21st century center-right policy institute providing actionable research and analysis to solve America’s most pressing policy challenges.
September 2026
+0.6%
+3.7%
Measures the change in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.
September 2026
+0.3%
+2.6%
Consumer Price Index excluding food and energy.
September 2026
+0.3%
+3.1%
A measure of prices paid for goods and services excluding food and energy; the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation.
September 2026
+1.3%
+6.3%
Measures the change in selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.
Week ending October 31, 2026
189,000
-6,000
194,750
Weekly unemployment insurance claims reported by each state’s unemployment insurance program offices.
October 2026
54.5
-0.4
A level above 50 indicates expansion
October 2026
55.5
+1.0
A level above 50 indicates expansion
October 2026
48.0
-0.1
The core questions cover three broad areas of consumer sentiment: personal finances, business conditions, and buying conditions.
October 2026
+86,000
Measures change in private-sector employment using ADP payroll data covering more than half a million companies with more than 25 million employees.
September 2026
$88.0 B
+0.5%
+13.7%
A new order is a communication of an intention to buy for immediate or future delivery.
September 2026
1,221,000
-5.2%
-7.4%
Privately owned housing starts; seasonally adjusted at an annual rate.
